S2E15: Should I do a master’s?

Apr 6, 2025

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A master's can help you get ahead in your career, but consider the expenses involved carefully too.

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.

It’s a question that comes up in our 20s and 30s - if we need additional educational qualifications to give us a leg up in our careers.

But how do you decide whether to pursue a master’s degree? How do you go about choosing courses, and most crucially, how do you finance such an endeavour?

In this episode, ST business correspondent Sue-Ann Tan looks at whether you should do a master’s and what to consider before plunging into it.

Her guests are Charmaine Yee who studied an MSc in wealth management and now works in private equity, and expert Kenneth Tan from OCBC who is Managing Director of consumer unsecured lending.

Highlights (click/tap above):

3:46 How her master’s got her into private equity

5:06 Do you need an MBA to work in finance?

10:11 How much does a master’s cost?

13:54 How do I fund a master’s?

18:36 Planning now to do a master’s five years later

20:54 Transitioning from work to school again

25:22 How about working and studying part time?

Read Sue-Ann Tan's articles: https://str.sg/mvSa

Follow Sue-Ann Tan on LinkedIn: https://str.sg/A86X

Host: Sue-Ann Tan (suetan@sph.com.sg)

Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim